Triple bucket hook

ABSTRACT

An improved hook for supporting a paint bucket suspended from a ladder or scaffold, the hook having means to prevent the suspended paint bucket from spinning while being used during a painting operation, the device consisting of a stiff wire frame which at its upper end is bent to form a configurated hook member for fitting stationarily to a ladder or scaffold, and the lower end being arched with hook members at each end for fixed attachment of a paint bucket.

United States Patent 1191 Myers 1451 June 5, 1973 [54] TRIPLE BUCKET HOOK [76] Inventor: Paul II. Myers, 231 W. Main,

Verona, Ohio 45378 [22] Filed: Sept. 14, 1971 [211 Appl. No.: 180,410

[52] U.S. CI ..294/27 R, 220/90, 248/113, 248/211 [51] Int. Cl. ..B44d 3/14 [58] Field of Search ..294/1 R, 5.5, 27 R,

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,811,065 6/1931 Stroebel ..248/21 1 1,527,980 3/1925 Jones et al... ....248/113 3,627,245 12/1971 Lewis ..248/113 Vogel ..220/90 Sawyer ct a1. ..220/90 FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 1,022,505 3/1966 Great Britain ..248/211 Primary Examiner-Evon C. Blunk Assistant Examiner.lohnny D. Cherry [57] ABSTRACT An improved hook for supporting a paint bucket suspended from a ladder or scaffold, the hook having means to prevent the suspended paint bucket from spinning while being used during a painting operation, the device consisting of a stiff wire frame which at its upper end is bent to form a configurated hook member for fitting stationarily to a ladder or scaffold, and the lower end being arched with hook members at each end for fixed attachment of a paint bucket.

1 Claim, 2 Drawing Figures TRIPLE BUCKET HOOK This invention relates generally to paint-bucket holders.

lt is generally well known to all professional and amateur painters that a freely suspended paint bucket such as from poor hook or cord does not remain stationary but tends to spin, which is very irritating to a painter, as he cannot work well from it in dipping and wiping his brush. This situation is accordingly in want of improvement.

Therefore, it is a principal object of the present invention to provide a bucket hook having means to retain a suspended bucket in a stationary position.

Another object is to provide a bucket hook which itself retains in a stationary position when suspended, and which maintains a bucket suspended from it in a stationary non-spinning position.

Yet another object is to provide a bucket hook that incorporates a paint-brush wiper, and which thus is ideal for use in retaining paint buckets suspended from a ladder or scaffold.

Other objects are to provide a triple bucket hook which is simple in design, inexpensive to manufacture, rugged in construction, easy to attach and detach from a ladder or scaffold, safe in holding a paint can, and which is efficient in use.

These and other objects will be readily apparent upon a study of the following specification and the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG. 1 is an end elevation view of the invention, and

FIG. 2 is a side elevation view thereof.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the reference numeral represents a triple bucket hook according to the present invention, wherein there is an assembly 11 made of stiff metal heavy gauge wire.

An intermediate portion of the wire 11 is bent into a crescent shaped loop 12 having downwardly depending opposite corners 13 each of which is sidewardly upwardly turned so to form an end hook 14 over both of which a bail ofa paint bucket can be placed. The opposite end portions of the wire are twisted together immediately above the center of the crescent loop 12 as shown at 15. One of the wire end portions 16 of the wire extending horizontally to provide a brush hook from the twist 15 to a terminal end 17. The other wire end portion 18 extends from the twist 15 in an opposite horizontal direction to form arm 19 having at its end a degree upward bend 20, and the terminal end of portion 18 is fashioned into an inverted U-shaped hook 21 for purpose of hooking to a ladder or scaffold for support.

The device can be made of one wire that includes the hook 21, and a second wire that includes the hooks 13, the wires being twisted together at 15. Alternately, the construction can be made of one wire, as above described, the manufacture being determined either way for lowest production cost.

In operative use the hook elements 14 serve to receive a bail of a paint bucket so to hold the same without spinning. The lower arcuate side 22 of the loop 12 serves as a paint-brush wiper conveniently over the paint bucket so that paint drops fall therefrom back into the bucket.

As shown, the wire material may be of round cross sectional configuration.

Thus there is provided an improved triple bucket hook.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it is understood that such changes will be within the spirit and scope of the present invention, as is defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a triple bucket hook, the combination of a unit which has self-contained means to maintain a paint bucket stationary when suspended therefrom so to prevent spinning, said bucket hook being made of rigid material such as stiff metal wire, including a brush support, said bucket hook having a configurated flat hook at its upper end for stationary attachment to a ladder or scaffold, and a lower end of said member being formed into a crescent-shaped flat loop which is upwardly arched and the opposite corners being upwardly turned to form hook elements over which a bail of a paint bucket can be placed, the plane of said flat hook and the plane of said flat loop being parallel to each other. 

1. In a triple bucket hook, the combination of a unit which has self-contained means to maintain a paint bucket stationary when suspended therefrom so to prevent spinning, said bucket hook being made of rigid material such as stiff metal wire, including a brush support, said bucket hook having a configurated flat hook at its upper end for stationary attachment to a ladder or scaffold, and a lower end of said member being formed into a crescent-shaped flat loop which is upwardly arched and the opposite corners being upwardly turned to form hook elements over which a bail of a paint bucket can be placed, the plane of said flat hook and the plane of said flat loop being parallel to each other. 